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Friday, January 13, 2012

Music Machine: A 1977 K-Tel Classic

In 1977, robots were all the rage. After all, the most popular movie of the year introduced the world to two of the most famous robots of all time: R2-D2 and C3PO. It would only make sense that K-Tel would cash in by putting the previous most famous robot on the cover of it's new compilation album, Music Machine. That robot is, of course, "Robby" from Forbidden Planet and Lost in Space. Here, he dances to the various hits of 1977 in the commercial aired for the album:

Music Machine is the featured album on this month's Adventures in Vinyl. It is actually a pretty good album. In fact, all but one of the songs appears on the Year End Billboard Hot 100. On this album you will find Foreigner, Andy Gibb, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Manfred Mann, Elton John and even Bill Conti with his theme song to the movie Rocky.

The album came with two posters as well: one of Andy Gibb and the other of K.C. from K.C. and the Sunshine Band.

This may be the last chance to hear Adventures in Vinyl. We have been on the air for a year and our subscription on Live365 will run out February 3. We are not sure we will be continuing the station. If you've been listening for awhile, thank you.

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Welcome to Vinyl Voyage Radio, offering an eclectic mix of tunes from the 1950s through today. Most of the songs we play are from original vinyl.

Streaming 24/7 from Brampton, Ontario.

Although music streams 24/7 on The Vinyl Voyage, we also produce several original radio programs. "Adventures in Vinyl," hosted by Bruce David Janu, highlights a single K-Tel album, streamed in its entirety. "Adventures in Vinyl" brings us back to a by-gone era when music was accompanied by hiss and pops. Only now, you don't need to get up to flip the record. We'll do it for you.

So grab a bean bag, turn down the lights and prepare to be transported to another time.